Science Vs SciFi 23

-+* The title is an oversimplification of the process, but that’s the basic idea. Oh, and the “pee” component is urea, a compound found in abundance in urine. Beer drinkers probably produce truckloads of urea on a Saturday night alone, but that’s a study for another day. And if you peed on your eggs and […]

-+*The end of Falling Skies’ fourth season pivoted on destroying the Espheni’s power source so that our grubby fighters might have a chance at winning the war. The problem with that plan was that the power source was on the freaking moon and I’m pretty sure not even Dai, were he still alive, could hit […]

-+*Back in 1966, we were first introduced to the future as imagined by the creative team behind Star Trek. And with each passing day, the “incredible” technology on that show seems to become more quaint. The communicator was actually the model for the first batch of cell phones that everyone used until that became eclipsed […]

-+*NBCUniversal has signed and exclusive deal with Virgin Galactic to broadcast the private space company’s first manned commercial space flight. Riding along on the Trekkie-approved VSS Enterprise will be company owner Sir Richard Branson and his children, Holly and Sam. The current schedule for launch/broadcast is August 2014, but the company readily admits that date […]

-+*If you love science fiction then you probably have at least a passing interest in science, if not an outright passion for it. I really love science-y stuff, interesting facts, and watching TV. That’s what makes this video from the wonderfully random site mental_floss so great; it combines all three of those things into one […]

-+*Practically all of the cool things you can do with today’s multi-talented smartphones involve downloading an app. “There’s an app for that!” is practically a cliche’, even if it’s true most of the time. But apps are limited by the phone’s physical limitations, so no matter how good the camera may be you just can’t […]

-+*The original Cosmos hosted by the late Carl Sagan premiered over 30 years ago and was an instant hit with viewers worldwide. I don’t know of anyone who hasn’t at least heard of Cosmos and it’s about time it returned. In a time when we’re trying to spark an interest in the sciences we need […]

-+*Space exploration is no longer restricted to NASA and other countries’ government-run space programs. Hardly a week passes these days without hearing new and exciting news about another private enterprise advancement in the field. Keep reading for news about an exciting project that you can help back through a Kickstarter campaign that was first reported […]

-+*Motorcycles and the fictional characters who ride them epitomize rebellion, independence and individuality. These characters tend to be edgy, jaded and vengeful. They’re guys that you want at your back in a bar fight and the type a father never wants to see his daughter so much as looking at. They are anti-heroes, and the […]

-+*NASA tweets. A lot. And when NASA tweets it’s always something exciting and worth a look. Just look at the picture above. It’s an extremely scaled-down version of a 1.3 billion (Yes, that’s with a B like Batman!) pixel full-circle panorama of everybody’s second favorite planet, Mars. To put that resolution into perspective, that’s 1300 […]